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By Craft Nectar

By Craft Nectar

I admit it, I’ve used compressed air to clean out my bobbin case. But according to Craft Nectar online, this is a big Don’t because it simply blows the dirt deeper into the machine. Go here to get step by step instructions (including 17 photos) for…

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Image from Cut Out + Keep

Image from Cut Out + Keep

Christine S. Blystone, owner of this 1950’s beauty explains, I absolutely love my vintage Morse sewing machine. Not only is it beautiful, it’s also a total workhorse. Go here to read how she gets the most out of her vintage machine, from…

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Cute as a Button Baby Jacket by Jackie Clark

Sleepy bags Pattern by Jackie Clark

Pajama Game Quilt Pattern by Lizzie B cre8tive

[tags]sleepy bags, quilts, pajamas, girls, baby, jacket, patchwork, sewing[/tags]

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By Dearfii Etsy
By dear fii Etsy

What a sweet little brooch dear fii has stitched up for us. Available to purchase at her Etsy shop.

[tags]dear fii, brooch, grandmother’s flower garden, sewing, patchwork[/tags] 
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cover-sugar-sack-quilts-bookI found Sugar Sack Quilts at Connecting Threads online store. It’s affordable at $12.64 USD.

Book description:

In the early 20th century, colorful textile feedsacks offered an economical way for women to brighten their lives. Quilters scrambled to the feed store to get…

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Image from Piece O' Cake
Image from Piece O’ Cake

The best bloggers are generous folks who share with us great finds like this: Pastel Party by Judy Twitter. Piece O’ Cake blog clued me in to this patchwork beauty that was part of the Artful Bras exhibit at the Knoxville…

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While reading today’s C&T Publishing blog post Still Awed by Amazing Quilts I found out they offer their photography services to anyone who wants a professional quality picture taken of their quilts. Go here for details

[tags]photography services, C&T Publishing, quilts[/tags]

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dogs-tote-bagI found these fun quilted totes at Phyllis Dobbs blog. They showcase her fabric line “It’s a Dog’s Life“. Go here to download the free pattern. Both fabric and pattern are an original design of Phyllis Dobbs. Simply delightful!

[tags]pattern, quilting, tote, bag, quilted, dogs, whimsy[/tags]

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Image from Amazon

Rumi at Lucky Frog blog clued me in to Pretty Little Potholders by Lark Books. Visit Rumi’s post to see her yo yo potholders.

[tags]potholders, yo yo, patchwork, Pretty Little[/tags] 
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flower-garden-express_frenchThe beauty of this pictorial tutorial is you don’t need to understand French to get it.  Simone Struss of the Quilting Studio blog shares her hand sewing technique in 26 photos making what she calls a Grandmother’s Flower Garden design. Go here to view Le…

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Image from Quilting Arts Web site

Image from Quilting Arts Web site

If you join the Quilting Arts Community you get this free download 7 Quilted Bag Patterns. Go here to sign up. They promise to not sell your email address.

[tags]quilted bags, Quilting Arts, free download[/tags]

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Ricky Tims' Flying Geese quilt
Ricky Tims’ Flying Geese

At the Quilt Show blog Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson show how to make a dimensional Flying Geese block. Based On A True Story blog shared the link. Her post describing all the trouble she had in making it is so funny. Read…

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When I hear a statement like the Apollo missions with men walking on the moon was faked, never happened, I go to Snopes Rumor Has It and see if they have anything on it.

Do you ever wonder if everything you’ve been taught about quilting is accurate?…

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Geta Grama of Geta’s Quilting Studio blog specializes in the Trapunto style of quilting. Her bio caught my attention. I am a passionate quilter living in Romania. Unfortunately, here quilting is an unknown craft for most of the people. I love to…

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Image from YCQT

Image from YCQT

I’m always on the look out for a pattern to showcase large prints. I found this one titled Frame This at You Can Quilt This online store. I can imagine the middle of this done in trapunto. Go here to get pattern details.  

 
[tags]pattern,…
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